A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kʽám

by Josiah Goddard

Kʽám.

堪¹

To sustain; be adequate to; worthy; tolerable.

龕¹

To receive; contain; overcome; a temple; a niche in the wall for idols.

戡²

To pierce; overcome; kill.

闞²

To look with desire or expectation; to view.

坎²

A pit or dangerous place; to fall into a pit; to dig a pit.

砍²

To cut off, or down; to chop.

勘^3-

To investigate carefully; to try; judge; to be able for.